Banknote Museum

Corfu Town


Somewhat specialist, but oddly fascinating, the Banknote Museum occupies the upper floors of what was in 1840 the first-ever all-Greek bank. It traces the story of the drachma until it was replaced by the euro in 2002, and includes the largest-denomination note ever issued: a 100-billion-drachma note from the inflationary era of 1944.


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